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Issue 109

I'm heading off to Australia on Monday for Web Directions, and while I then have some time off in August for the rest of the year I'll be on the road. Included in my links this week are my tips for working on the road and some tips for digital nomads.

In the last issue I mentioned the Life Time Value conference I was speaking at. Video hasn't been released yet but you can find my slides and resource links here.

A useful piece from Kristina Podnar on Digital Policies and ensuring your digital business remains compliant with ever-changing laws.

"... if anything, the regulatory environment on the web has grown more complex and codified in recent years, with new requirements arising quickly for accessibility (the UK in 2010), cookies (the EU in 2011), online privacy (the US in 2012), the right to be forgotten (the EU in 2014), the exporting of personal citizenship information (Russia in 2015) and so on. Keeping track of global legal requirements is not always easy. Some might even seem illogical to us, like the EU VAT law that affects software companies, but can pose a serious threat to our businesses."

Products

I'm going to be a mentor on The Side Project Accelerator from Hacking UI. The program runs from mid-July to September over 8 weeks,

"Side projects are awesome. They give you the chance to work on and learn about the stuff that interests you the most. They also help you make an impact on the world and put you in a position to help others."

If you want to really focus on shipping your project, this might be the program for you.

A post about starting and running a physical product company - when that isn't your background. Congratulations to Tattly on turning 5!

"We are currently 12 full-timers and 4 part-time helpers. We could easily hire 4 more folks but have to hold out until our sales allow us to. Tattly is an entirely bootstrapped company and every new hire is a milestone. Just like raising kids, it takes a small village to run a company like Tattly."